Target /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/site.py already exists. => Could not symlink file: /homebrew/Cellar///lib/python2.7/site-packages/site.py usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/easy-install.pth The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local

However, the nature of the bug requires that you do the following:Įrror: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully This is caused by an old bug in in the update code that has long since been fixed. brew update complains about untracked working tree filesĪfter running brew update, you receive a Git error warning about untracked files or local changes that would be overwritten by a checkout or merge, followed by a list of files inside your Homebrew installation. apps, tools and scripts expect your macOS-provided files and directories to be unmodified since macOS was installed. It’s not recommended to let this persist you’d be surprised how many. You don’t have a /usr/bin/ruby or it is not executable. See this page on configuring Git to handle line endings.

You cloned with git, and your Git configuration is set to use Windows line endings. Ruby: bad interpreter: /usr/bin/ruby^M: no such file or directory You need to have the Xcode Command Line Utilities installed (and updated): run xcode-select -install in the terminal. Running brew brew complains about absence of “Command Line Tools”

Installation fails with “unknown revision or path not in the working tree”.

Python: easy-install.pth cannot be linked.

launchctl refuses to load launchd plist files.

brew update complains about untracked working tree files.

Ruby: bad interpreter: /usr/bin/ruby^M: no such file or directory.

brew complains about absence of “Command Line Tools”.

This is a list of commonly encountered problems, known issues, and their solutions.

Cannot install xcode command line tools